The Green Child. A Romance
by Read, Herbert
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Grass green cloth titled in gilt. Fine copy in fine, fresh dust-jacket
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
The Green Child was inspired by the mediaeval legend of the green children of Woolpit, two green-skinned children who came to a Yorkshire village and claimed to be from an underground world.
Herbert Edward Read (1893-1968) was best known as an art critic and advocate of modern architecture. He was knighted in 1953. The Green Child was his only novel. A superior copy in dust-jacket. Bleiler, Checklist (1978), p. 164
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 308585
- Title
- The Green Child. A Romance
- Author
- Read, Herbert
- Format/Binding
- 256 pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Grass green cloth titled in gilt. Fine copy in fine, fresh dust-jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Science Fiction / Fantasy | American
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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